What Steve Yegge thinks about chat interfaces

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Software engineer of four decades who spent years at Amazon and Google, wrote the Stevey's Blog Rants essays, and co-authored the book Vibe Coding with Gene Kim.

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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Steve Yegge has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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11 Mar 2026

Our readingBy the end of 2026 most people will be programming by talking to a face on the screen.

Their wordsI think that by the end of this year and we'll see demos of it like right away, but by the end of this year most people will be programming by talking to a face. A face as in a face on the screen.

↗From IDEs to AI Agents with Steve Yeggeyoutube.com 10th of 25 in this recording